Children and Youth Policy Analysis Final Paper (40%)      Due:  June 18th, 2021, 11:59 pm on BrightspaceYou will be responsible for handing in a final scholarly paper describing and analyzing a social policy (provincial or federal) in an area of concern or interest. It may be on the work that you have been researching and presenting on in the first two assignments or if rather, you can choose a policy that is of interest to you and that you would like to explore and comment on instead.  Essentially this assignment requires you to build on the knowledge gained throughout the term, the assignments, and the presentations and expand it into a formal paper by writing a policy analysis and recommendation paper.Your paper must describe the policy and the problem it is addressing.  It must examine the historical context and today’s current policy.  It should highlight what population group or groups it will be targeting; analyze and critique the policy by discussing how it works in practice and assess the extent to which it succeeds and /or fails in addressing the problem or need you are discussing.  You must make your policy recommendations based on your analysis of your topic including discussing what the implications are if the policy goes unchanged. In your recommendations you may utilize models from other countries or areas to show their success or failures.Be sure to apply the theoretical frameworks and the material discussed in the course in addition to any other evidence in your description, critique and analysis. In addition to the use of academic materials, you can use resources from think tanks, organizations, advocacy groups, the media and political parties for example.Submission:Kindly ensure that your essay is submitted online with a title page that includes the course name, my name, your name, and student number. Essays submitted after the due date will be docked 5%per day and this includes weekends, unless you have a good reason for being late and an extension has been granted at least three days in advance.Minimum of 8 and maximum of 10 pages, double-spaced (not counting cover page, headings, and references), with regular margins (1"on each side and 1" top and bottom). Courier or any other font that uses more space per word than Times New Roman (the font used here) is not acceptable. Please don’t add an extra space between paragraphs (this means that you will have to indicate paragraphs by indenting the first line), please number the paper’s pages. The paper will have 5% deducted for each page (pro-rated) that falls under the minimum required and 2% for each page more than one over the maximum.Your paper will also be evaluated for proper in text citations, and references. Please utilize APA Referencing and Citation Style.  If you are citing electronic sources, you should consult style guides pertaining to this,  APA style requires dates and page or paragraph numbers for direct quotes.  Dalhousie University offers a quick pdf manual that can be found at https://libraries.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/library/Style_Guides/apa_style6.pdfAlso note that the essay must cite (3) readings contained in the course syllabus and at least (3) three academic readings from outside the course and they must be used in a substantial rather than superficial, token manner. 5 % will be deducted for each source short of the minimum required. You may use Internet-based sources in addition to the academic and course sources, but these must be credible, well researched, and identify the sources of the information they present but not in place of academic sources. Please be aware that many web resources are insufficiently reliable to be used as an academic resource– so choose your web references carefully. PLEASE NOTE: I WILL NOT ACCEPT WIKIPEDIA AS A REFERENCE. Follow original links if you wish to use materials from there.